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Classical Music 2021

by C. Michael Bailey
December 18, 2021

Here is a smattering of notable classical music released in 2021. Isata Kanneh-Mason Summertime Decca 2021 Isata Kanneh-Mason's debut, Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann (Decca, 2019) was a shrewd business decision disguised with clever production, selections at the edge of the standard repertoire, looking deeply into an ...

Steve Reich: Drumming

By Kuniko

Label: Linn Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV.

Kuniko: Steve Reich: Drumming

by C. Michael Bailey
October 22, 2018

If it can be beaten with a stick, a mallet, a brush or a hammer, Kuniko beats it. The master percussionist elevates the musical art of universal percussion to a level that forces it to not only be taken seriously, but to encourage an effort to learn about it. That is the measure of an artist. ...

Bach: Solo Works for Marimba

By Kuniko

Label: Linn Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: CD1: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: No. 1 Prelude in C Major, BWV 846; Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011. CD2: Prelude in C minor, BWV 999; Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Violin Sonata No. 2, BWV 1003; Violin Sonata No. 3, BWV 1005.

Kuniko: Bach: Solo Works for Marimba

by C. Michael Bailey
July 15, 2017

Johann Sebastian Bach. His music is a cornerstone of Western Civilization. On reason Bach's music has had staying power in our quickly evolving culture is its durability. Bach's music has been effectively framed by vastly different instrumental approaches. These include Vittorio Ghielmi's near-the-intent viol consort approach to The Art of Fugue (Winter & Winter, 2009), through ...

Iannis Xenakis IX

By Kuniko

Label: Linn Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Pleiades; Responds

Kuniko: Iannis Xenakis IX

by C. Michael Bailey
April 6, 2015

Sound is elemental. It is why the heartrate, composed of many individual heartbeats in succession is called a vital sign. Percussionist Kuniko understands this in an explicit and integral manner. Her previous recordings, Kuniko Plays Reich (Linn Records, 2012) and Cantus (Linn Records, 2013) were devoted to her command of the vibraphone and marimba. Iannis Xenakis ...